A History of VeniceKnopf, 1982 - 673 sider "As comprehensive as it is engaging, John Julius Norwich's A History of Venice is a complete history of "the most beautiful and magical of cities." This necessary volume traces the rise of Venice from its fifth-century origins through 1797 when Napoleon put an end to the thousand-year-old Republic."-- |
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... Lombardy . But Lombardy had for some time been closed to them , all the mountain passes having been blocked by another enemy who also had designs on their territory : Giovanni Visconti , Lord and Archbishop of Milan . And so , in those ...
... Lombardy . But Lombardy had for some time been closed to them , all the mountain passes having been blocked by another enemy who also had designs on their territory : Giovanni Visconti , Lord and Archbishop of Milan . And so , in those ...
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... Lombardy and crush his dangerously ambitious vassal . His attempt met with abject failure . Equally short of men and money , he seems to have had no idea of Gian Galeazzo's strength , or of condi- tions in Italy . By April , after no ...
... Lombardy and crush his dangerously ambitious vassal . His attempt met with abject failure . Equally short of men and money , he seems to have had no idea of Gian Galeazzo's strength , or of condi- tions in Italy . By April , after no ...
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... Lombardy several of their leaders , heavily bribed by Chaumont , returned almost at once across the Alps , while the remainder objected that they had been hired to defend the person of the Pope , not to fight against the Emperor and the ...
... Lombardy several of their leaders , heavily bribed by Chaumont , returned almost at once across the Alps , while the remainder objected that they had been hired to defend the person of the Pope , not to fight against the Emperor and the ...
Innhold
Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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